The best phone is thr cheapest phone that fit your need the best and last long
Looking at it you would think not but I’m a big guy, so have fairly large hands, and I found it super comfortable to type on. It was designed and made in a way that gave a really positive typing experience whilst minimising incorrect key presses despite having tiny ass keys.
Tragically, it appears no custom roms are available for the Key⊪2. It’s an interesting concept, however.
Pixel 5 gang!
Nah. Enjoy your fantasy. Let us know how it goes.
Edit: is this opinion based on the size of the phone?
I’d love to hear some input on what you think the best phone ever made is.
This your post declaring you thinking the 3A is the GOAT.
The “change my mind” part of the meme is bait.
I’m perfectly happy watching you squirm.
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The Pixel 5 was a better phone than the 3A. CHANGE MY MIND!
Oneplus 7 Pro on release. Amazing phone, great value. Still holds up years later
Oh man the early Onepluses (up to 3 or so) were the best! They were so much cheaper than other phones at that price. Must have been selling my data or slave labour or loss leader because the value was crazy.
Reasoning: It has a very good quality camera, even today, although obviously missing out on ultrawide and telephoto. It’s got a very nice OLED screen, and it’s built very solid. The audio is also excellent and seldom touched on. I also love the active edge feature, where you can squeeze to trigger a command(e.g. open camera, activate assistant, flashlight). It launched at 400$US.
In my lifetime, I’ve owned three of these phones, two 3as and one 3a xl.
Reasoning: It has a very good quality camera, even today, although obviously missing out on ultrawide and telephoto. It’s got a very nice OLED screen, and it’s built very solid. The audio is also excellent and seldom touched on. I also love the active edge feature, where you can squeeze to trigger a command(e.g. open camera, activate assistant, flashlight). It launched at 400$US.
In my lifetime, I’ve owned three of these phones, two 3as and one 3a xl.
Reasoning: It has a very good quality camera, even today, although obviously missing out on ultrawide and telephoto. It’s got a very nice OLED screen, and it’s built very solid. The audio is also excellent and seldom touched on. I also love the active edge feature, where you can squeeze to trigger a command(e.g. open camera, activate assistant, flashlight). It launched at 400$US.
In my lifetime, I’ve owned three of these phones, two 3as and one 3a xl.
The 3 was better
But double the price.
Don’t open the next bottle.
Nexus 5.
That would have been my second place, the nexus phones were unrivaled in quality.
Unrivalled in quality? IMO quality was one of the only bad things about the Nexus phones. 2 people I know switched to iPhones permanently after the constant issues they had with their Nexus 5s.
The Nexus 6P seemed high quality, I’ll grant you, but the batteries were absolutely appalling. Mine would regularly die on 60%, or just on a cold day.
“unrivaled in quality”
Are we forgetting the countless issues the Nexus phones had? The 5 for instance had bad camera quality and battery life even for the time, the speaker was as loud as a whisper, the side buttons would stick with less then a year of usage…
Sure, my 6p might bootloop, but the metal on the back is super nice, and it’s overall a well-built phone.
I got Google to give me a full refund before my 6P bootlooped so I bought a Pixel XL. No Pixels since for me. Oneplus 7T Pro then Zenfone 10.
Fortunately the 6p’s bootlooping is fixed by talented developers, all you need to do is flash a new kernel.
Even then Nexus and early Pixels I used had pretty meh battery experiences. The highlights now are the cameras but there’s too much AI crap for my liking and Exynos bones put me off. Let’s see what’s about when my Zenfone 10 starts ageing. It’s been a quirky, mildly buggy (mainly Telegram crashes) but otherwise solid experience, with meh cameras vs the Pixel and Samsung offerings. Stabilisation on videos has been solid though thanks to the gimbal.
The meme and the title is insulting.
You could have just stated a post with something like:
I personally think the 3A is the best phone ever to this day, what’s yours? The replies would be in the 20s by now.
Instead, you used a decade old meme that DARES you to engage with the topic. Again, insulting.
I’m sorry that my meme offended you to the point you returned back 15 minutes after leaving a negative comment to leave another negative comment.
It’s OK.
I don’t blame people for their mistakes. I only ask that they learn from them.
(think I heard that from a movie or something)
In the future, I will refrain from posting old memes to avoid upsetting lemmiers. I guess the culture is different here than on reddit. My reddit got suspended a while ago, but I suppose I still have not caught up to the culture of lemmy.
Oh cry yourself a River. Ain’t nobody entertaing this victimhood pitty party your pushing here.
Don’t reply to me again, please.
For the time, I’d argue the Galaxy S8 was better. 2 years older, was IP68, Super AMOLED, better resolution, better chip, better CPU, micro SD, and 3.5mm jack.
Another solid phone, but also it launched at 720$ vs 400 for the pixel
Fair argument but it would have been cheaper to buy in 2019 at 2 years old than a new 3a
Nah BlackBerry Keytwo.
Great form factor
Well built
Great keyboard
Amazing software that made the use experience smooth and quick with keyboard shortcuts and the like.
Headphone jack
It had a camera if you are into that kind of shit xP
I’ve never used one, but you are making me curious. Did you find that the keyboard allowed you enough space to type comfortably?
On this topic, have you watched how almost all online reviewers gives the pixel 9 excellent scores despite it having a shit cpu, is extreamly overpriced, has most of its Ai capabilities turned off in Europe, charges extreamly slow and is heavy like a brick?
It’s kind of obvious that Google is paying them.
IMO the pixel 7 series was the last series worth buying
The 8-series and beyond have a more power efficient CPU. Yes it’s the same general design so it’s not faster but it’s built on a smaller node. I don’t remember well but the modem might be a bit newer too and given how shit the Exynos modem is, any improvement is welcome.
Maybe in a few years the 9 will be a good option when the price goes down. It will keep the software support,
Or if they give a bad review they won’t get a free phone to review next time.
Ai capabilities turned off in Europe
I don’t know the backstory but I’m guessing it’s slurping up your privacy so hard it’s illegal in Europe.
I’m pretty satisfied with my 4a. Are there any downgrades between the two generations?
The 4a has more cameras and a significantly improved screen:body ratio, aswell as the usual upgrades with new generation phones
I just bought a 4a. I don’t want a 6-6.5" phone, damnit.
